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Michael Northrup’s Dream Away, Unusual Images Of Everyday Intimacies

Steph Wade — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:00:45 +0000

Making waves internationally is Baltimore photographer Michael Northrup’s newly released third photo book, Dream Away, a tender documentation of the journey of his former marriage and family life.

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The Sculptural Interventions Of Markus Hofer

Clara Renner — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:00:09 +0000

The Austrian artist Markus Hofer is known for creating interventions that alter the spatial situation working around cognitive dissonances. His work approaches subjects such as place, time and material leading the viewer to doubt the circumstances of reality.

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Anne Duk Hee Jordan Creates Moving Sculptures

IGNANT — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:02:45 +0000

From a mummified cat standing on a shelf to medicinal jars filled with unidentifiable objects, artist Anne Duk Hee Jordan‘s studio appears to be part-natural history museum, part-metal workshop. You can hardly walk through the space without encountering strange stone specimens and odd contraptions.

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A Three-Dimensional Glass Sculpture Of A Tree By Artist Ardan Özmenoglu

Jessica Jungbauer — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:42:32 +0000

Turkish artist Ardan Özmenoglu created a three-dimensional glass sculpture of a tree for the project ‘Platanus orientalis’. By painting strokes and dots on various turquoise-tinted glass plates, the artist manages to create an intricate tree form with depth. Besides large-scale glass sculptures, Özmenoglu works in a wide range of mediums including post-it notes as well as neon lights.

All images © Ardan Özmenoglu

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Minimal Surreal Portraits By Maria Svarbova

Charmaine Li — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:45:27 +0000

In the series ‘Human Space’, Slovakian photographer and artist Maria Svarbova captures surreal and strange scenes of figures in deserted landscapes. Her images, which are bathed in cool colors, feature subjects that typically have a blank and detached expression. Svarbova describes the aim of her photography as “delivering a message and triggering feelings with a focus on minimalism and purity.”

All images © Maria Svarbova

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Jennifer Burtchen Explores The Tallest Mountain Tops With Her Pen

Caroline Kurze — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 08:27:18 +0000

Jennifer Burtchen’s drawings depict various folded mountains and some of the tallest tops on earth. The side note informs about the total weight of the pictured mountain. Jennifer Burtchen is interested in the thought of nativeness and originality, creating works that use repetitions and abstractions while leaving certain things out to stimulate the viewers fantasy. Although the works often seem unfinished, they always convey a clear subject. Jennifer Burtchen lives and works as an illustrator and designer in Berlin.

All images © Jennifer Burtchen

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Jim Darling’s Paintings Move Us Into The Passenger’s Seat

Caroline Kurze — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:19:27 +0000

Artist Jim Darling has taken the idea of an airplane window as frame, creating paintings that place the audience as passenger, showcasing vague yet nostalgic landscapes within his constructed airplane windows. He chose an aerial perspective to show cities, clouds and oceans seemingly drifting by the passenger’s seat while the occasional wing is appearing in the far edges of the painting.

The images give us that unique feeling that one encounters when sitting in a plane, damned to sit still, wait patently for the arrival and just enjoy the view and the world passing by out of this tiny little frame in a mix of serenity and excitement.

All images © Jim Darling | Via: Colossal

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Marine Coutroutsios Creates Colorful Artworks Of Australian Birds Made Of Paper

Jessica Jungbauer — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:13:20 +0000

French artist Marine Coutroutsios created paper artworks of Australian birds inspired by the beauty of nature that surrounds her.

Being born in Paris, she now calls Sydney her home and the move has had a huge influence on her creative work and how she sees the world today. By using paper and foam, the abstract and vibrant artworks document various species of birds like parrots, rosellas and wild cockatoos in the city.

Marine Coutroutsios calls herself a “paper artist” and states: “With my work I’d like to inspire and engage you to reconsider the value of your surroundings. I think beauty is everywhere and it’s a powerful source of energy.”

All images © Marine Coutroutsios | Via: Booooooom

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Nike Schröder At Her Home And Studio In LA And Her Latest Show ‘Inzwischen’

Caroline Kurze — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:45:19 +0000

Textile artist Nike Schröder was actually the subject of our very first Work in Progress Feature back in the days and we’re very glad to introduce an update of her work and her life in the following post. She has moved to LA since and found a gallery which is currently presenting her second solo show called ‘inzwischen’.

The translation of the German word ‘inzwischen’ is ‘meanwhile’ or ‘since that time’ which appropriately references the underlying themes and subjects in the new work. Continuing on topics relating to World War II Germany, Schröder reveals hard to find images of male and female soldiers engaged in playful activity. The freedom and naïve instinctiveness of the nudity juxtaposes the harshness and reality of the war. The subjects are translated into stitched paintings using Schröder’s signature rayon threads with gouache and mixed media on canvas.

The second half of the show includes a variety of works that have been precisely installed within certain architectural elements of the gallery. A large grouping of porcelain faces with minimal white glaze and indistinctive black markings is installed with streams of threads coming out of their mouths symbolizing the use of language. The overall installation appears ghostlike with hues of neutral colors intentionally weighed down by the dark dye at the bottom edges creating a heaviness to the filigree character for the atmosphere.

Berlin-based photographer Anja Schäfer visited Nike Schröder at her home and workspace in LA. Take a look.

All images by Anja Schäfer

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Crocheted Leaf Art By Susanna Bauer

Caroline Kurze — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:00:44 +0000

Artist Susanna Bauer creates incredible fragile leaf sculptures, turning leaves into cubes, tunnels, and geometric patterns.

She states: “There is a fine balance in my work between fragility and strength; literally, when it comes to pulling a fine thread through a brittle leaf or thin dry piece of wood, but also in a wider context – the tenderness and tension in human connections, the transient yet enduring beauty of nature that can be found in the smallest detail, vulnerability and resilience that could be transferred to nature as a whole or the stories of individual beings.”

Bauer currently shows an exhibition at Lemon Street Gallery in Cornwall, England through June 27th, and you can see more of her works over on Facebook.

All images © Susanna Bauer | Via: Colossal

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Kwang-Ho Lee’s Hyperrealist Paintings of Quirky Cacti

Caroline Kurze — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:24:45 +0000

Korean painter Kwang-Ho Lee creates fascinating hyperreal paintings with strokes of paint scarely wider than a hair. His favourite subject are cacti that bristle with thorns and tangled branches. The colorful oil paintings can reach up to 8 feet tall to make room for tediously composed details. You can see more of Lee’s work at Johyun Gallery, Artsy, and Atelier Aki.

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Travis Collinson’s Distorted Paintings

Caroline Kurze — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:16:54 +0000

San Francisco-based visual artist Travis Collinson’s drawing and paintings investigate portraiture, perception and his own subtle yet complex observations. His works are both, absurd and abstract while his subjects often seem to suffer from some kind of depression, lying on the floor with their eyes wide open, staring vacantly at the walls. Working from personal photographs and sketches derived from a process of automatism, Collinson selectively couples elements from each, reinterpreting them at a larger scale. Adding a skewed perspective and distortion of unassuming subjects, objects and environments, the artist’s compositions are at once familiar and enigmatic.

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Mark Powell Uses Old Documents And Magazines As His Drawing Surface

Caroline Kurze — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:08:32 +0000

We’ve featured artist Mark Powell previously back in 2012. Revisiting his website, we spotted many exciting new works, that we’d like to introduce to you in the following update.

Powell draws portraits of elderly people and animals on vintage envelopes, maps and other paper documents using ballpoint pens, beautifully staging the process of aging and decay. For more check his webpage or follow him via Facebook.

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Interactive Dog Illustrations By Valerie Susik

Caroline Kurze — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:00:00 +0000

Valerie Susik merges illustration with interaction for a series of drawings featuring dogs and their leisure pursuits. Susik caricatured pictures of dogs she found on Instagram on her notepad, delineating their facial features and furry mugs while each illustration playfully interacts with a human subject nearby. Hands placed around the drawing pad merge with the flat pencil art on the page, connecting the person and pup in various scenarios and situations.

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Stunning Seaside Murals by Street Artist Sean Yoro aka HULA in Hawaii

Caroline Kurze — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 15:12:43 +0000

Hawaiian surfer Sean Yoro aka Hula combines his love of surfing and his artistic talent, creating hyperrealistic portraits of bathing women at different seaside locations. His work is inspired by street art and abandoned spaces that he uses as his hard-to-reach canvases. Carefully carrying cans of colored paint on the edge of his board, the New York-based artist applies his half submerged female portraits onto the wall. Find more of his works over on his website.

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